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power at least will do all the hoisting, pumping, or forc- 

 ing water for washing, and grinding the curd. The 

 upper curing-room, or the basement if that is used, is 

 furnished in the manner described, and an elevator for 

 moving the -cheese will be found very convenient. A 

 sliding trough will also serve to pass the cheese from the 

 upper to the lower floor. 



The style of building for a factory may be varied to 

 suit the taste or ambition of the owners. Fancy work 



Fig. 75— CURD KNIVES. Fig. 76.— curd mill. 



pays nothing, and plainness and substantial work and 

 material only are required for economy and for use. 

 Fic^ure 70 represents a well-arranged factory in Northern 

 Vemont in which the whole is under one roof. In 

 some factories the curing and store-houses are made 

 separately, with every appliance for coolness, such as 

 shutters and ventilators, double walls, and an open space 

 under the building. A separate curing house belonging 

 to a well known New York factory is shown at figure 72. 

 These buildings are plain but sufficient for every purpose. 

 The apparatus for a factory of this size consists of the 

 weighing can (figure 73); a conducting pipe (figure 74), 



